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Slavery in the U.S.

Slavery - Characteristics Daily interaction with masters Slaves not given freedom The South was economically & militarily self-sufficient New African American culture emerged Depended upon loyalty of non-slaveholding whites

Slavery in the South Hinton Rowan Helper South lagging behind the North Literacy Urban growth Industrialization Immigration

Slavery in the South Problems with slavery in the long term Transportation Education Ineffective labor mentality

Slavery in the South Economic efficiency of slavery in the short term Not much oversight More labor extracted from initial investment Overseer’s use of incentives

Slavery in the South Oppressiveness of slavery Poor family relations Sexual exploitation

Slavery in the South Deeply rooted in the American political system Deeply rooted in the economy Belief that the races were fundamentally different

Slavery - Northern Opposition Slave labor led to reduced wages Slavery seen as an institution of barbarism Success of capitalism based on wage labor

Slavery – Public Opinion Abolitionists Free Soilers Colonizers Pro-slavery

Abolition How would southern economy survive? What to do with freed slaves? Housing and employment of freed slaves? Could whites and blacks live together?

Free Blacks Economic status Political status Frederick Douglass Religious status Social status Minstrel shows

Slavery in the U.S. Key terms: Hinton Rowan Helper, Free Soilers, Frederick Douglass, Minstrel Show